HappyCal Monthly Schedule

(Honors AP Calculus, Period B)

M 1/6/03

HW due: Read §§8-1 and 8-2; work all problems on the practice midterm exam.

 

T 1/7/03

HW due: §8-2 #1-43 odd; however, do not do “busywork” beyond 40 minutes. Try to do the later problems, which are the best ones. Memorize the green box on p.368. If you did not work on the practice midterm yet, be sure to print it out and bring it to class partially worked so that you can get credit.

 

W 1/8/03

HW due: §8-4 #13, 14; §7-8 #30-40 all (no need to make photocopy in #30); §8-10 #R2, R4. Note that we will do §8-3 after the semester break.

The answer to #14 in §8-4 is 7.2, which you can double-check by keying in
       fnInt(Ö(X+1)+1-X^(2/3),X,-1,8)
on your calculator. However, you should be able to do this problem entirely without calculator (pencil and paper only), showing proper notation.

 

Th 1/9/03

Multiple-Choice Test on Chapter 7, plus §§8.1, 8.2, 8.4.

 

F 1/10/03

Review for midterm. Bring your questions.

As time ran out at the end of class, a quick question was posed: Must a point of inflection be a critical point of the original function? Pause here to think before reading on.

The answer is no. For example, y = x3 + 3x has a point of inflection at the origin but no critical points anywhere. (Incidentally, do you see why y = x3 cannot serve as a counterexample? This time, although the origin is a point of inflection, the origin is also a critical point, namely a stationary point.)

 

Sat 1/11, Sun 1/12

Study a little, but mostly S L E E P. The exam will be similar enough to the practice midterm that you should not have to spend a great deal of time studying. For example, the practice exam has a fill-in-the-blank question on MVT; the real exam might have a similar question with the blank in a different place, or a similar type of question concerning EVT or IVT. The practice exam had the statement of the formal definition of limit in the bonus portion; the real exam might have that question in the main portion. You get the idea. Your exam will not be in the "full AP" style. If you have worked all the way through the practice exam, have done a selection of review problems, and have reviewed your old tests, you should be well prepared.

Late-breaking news: By special request, I have posted a solution key to problem 13 from the practice midterm.

 

M 1/13/03

Midterm Exam. Trapier Theater, 11:00 a.m. sharp. Bring pencils, calculator, and spare batteries. There is no need to bring paper; any paper that you do not put away before the exam starts will be confiscated.

 

M 1/20/03

No school (holiday). Second quarter, midterm, and first semester grades are now posted.

 

T 1/21/03

No school (teacher work day).

 

W 1/22/03

Classes resume. Please fill out the course feedback form anonymously and place completed copy in envelope on my office door.

 

Th 1/23/03

HW due: §8-3 #2, 9, 12, 13, 15, 19, 31.

 

F 1/24/03

HW due: §8-4 #3, 4, 12, 19.

 

M 1/27/03

HW due: §8-5 #1-7 odd, 18-26 even. Although your homework scan for today will not assume 100% completion, please finish as many of these problems as you can, since there will be an additional assignment in §8-6 due Tuesday.

 

T 1/28/03

§8-6 #1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 18.

 

W 1/29/03

§8-7 #3-27 mo3.

 

Th 1/30/03

§8-9 #1, 2, 5, 8, 11, 13, 14. (Note that we are omitting §8-8.)

 

F 1/31/03

§8-9 #20, 22; §8-10 #R1, R2, R3, R4.

 

 

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